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Posted
January 25, 2001
"I just wanted to commend KNPB for running this show. I had the opportunity
to view it yesterday, and I found it to be an unafraid and honest look
into a period of life that still feels close to me. I'm a designer, and
I recently did some pro bono work for Reno High School, for safe and sober
grad night. While I was there, pitching my ideas to a panel of 15 or so
school moms a debate developed about a fortune teller they had planned
for the party. Apparently it was a no go for this form of entertainment
because some parents were offended, and would refuse to allow their kids
to attend, so the fortune teller had to go.
"Afterwards
I started thinking about all the stuff I did in school, the number of
times I came close to injury, arrest, or even death... and I got really
angry. If only these parents knew what their kids were doing. (I mean,
have they really forgotten, or was it really that different?) If only
these parents knew... they would beg for a fortune teller. For themselves."
- Justin
Posted
January 31, 2001
"This program did a great job of giving a voice to those we often
don't hear. It was compelling and thought-provoking. We appreciate Channel
5 running this program, and we would love to see more like it!"
- Susanne and Greg, 28
Posted
January 31, 2001
"This was a great presentation and I think everyone who interacts
with teenagers (work, parents, friends, social workers, etc..) should
watch it! I teach and I was a teenager and delt with many of the same
issues. I was adopted at birth and struggled to find connections with
people. I used sex, drugs, and alcohol to feel better and I regret the
sexual decisions I made but have tried to forgive myself. I got pregnant,
and a STD and that was the bottom for me. After the abortion and lazer
surgery - my life changed -which was a good thing. I work with teenagers
and pre-teens today because I want to provide kids with positive female
role models so that they feel comfortable and have some connection to
the adult world other than parents. Thanks for creating this presentation
- it was well done and captures the real thing!!!"
- Amber, 30
Posted
February 2, 2001
"I watched this program Tuesday night. I thought it was couragiously
candid, especially on the part of the teens. It made me realize how much
better I could have done when my kids were teens. But I have another chance,
since we're raising a granddaughter. I think you should run it again,
maybe at a different day/time to hit a different audience. Thanks for
broadcasting this program."
- David
Posted
February 2, 2001
"I thoroughly enjoyed this program. I wish my parents could have
seen such a realistic view of adolesence when I was going through that
time. I think it would have been very beneficial and helpful in understanding
each other. Thank you for airing this program."
- Ariana
Posted
February 5, 2001
"Thank
you for showing STRUCTURE'S OF EVERYDAY LIFE last tuesday the 30th of
January. Seldom have I seen a program with such compelling honesty. This
is what happens when parents lose control of their children to media,
drugs, sex and peer approval. Many of us in my generation do not understand
how or why such a culture develops but, perhaps, we now have some insight.
The program had all the more impact because I own property near Mc Queen
where many of these kids congregate. As disturbing as some segments may
seem to some people, this story needs to be told.
Rarely
is the adult world allowed into the smoke-on-the-corner adolescent mindset.
Viewing closely, and not on our own terms, was disturbing. Camera techniques
seemed to be very effective in keeping the viewer "hooked" into the conversation.
This was both documentary journalism and art.
I appreciate
your step into community awareness and hope we see more of this good work.
I seriously doubt your station will fall into the void created by Fox.
This program was very responsible, however, I am well aware that many
in conservative Western Nevada will not want to face such issues as single
parent families, latch-key children and family disintegration. Perhaps
future programs will deal with these issues as the logical follow-up to
the pregnant question, why?" - Dave
Posted
February 6, 2001
"I have watched the entire program twice and then pieces of it at
different times. Every time I watch it, I see something different. I was
struck by the girl who was talking about her on and off again relationship
with her boyfriend -- how they were planning to get married, but then
it would be off. She was talking about these lifetime commitment things
like marriage and yet she looked and sounded so young, as though she has
one foot still in childhood and the other foot in adulthood. Also the
girl who was driving around in her car saying "I'm going to drink tonight."
Not that she was going out to see friends or enjoy an activity like a
movie, but that her goal was to drink. Why? Showing off? Escape? Expectations?
Boredom? I could go on, but the bottom line is that I liked this production
very much. Not that all of it is pleasant, but because it got people to
talking and made me think. I would like to see what the people in it are
doing in five years and in ten years."
- Colleen, 47
Posted
February 12, 2001
"I attended the pre-air screening of your recent production, Structures
Of Everyday Life at which we invited to send along comments on the
program.
My feeling
was that the program set out to chronicle the lives of only those students
of a certain mind set while representing them as indicative of the entire
student population. Virtually all the students included were on-air advocates
of drug use, promiscuous sex and, often, an almost hostile estrangement
from their parents.
Clearly
these views are those of a significant, (and likely a majority) segment
of today's adolescents. But the program implies that there are none in
the demographic group who refrain from the above practices. This implication
is fostered by the needless appearances of the host/producer who pops
up from time to time, and whose message seems to be, 'this is the way
it is in the entire teen-age universe so get used to it.'
It could
be argued that balance was provided by the sadder-but-wiser reflections
of one or two of the young women as they looked backward at the unwanted
consequences their behavior. I think not, as they did not represent the
more serious minded who never engaged in such behavior, again leaving
us to believe the behavior was universal until perhaps outgrown. I don't
believe this.
Your
program did provoke me to discuss the topic with acquaintances, some here
in Reno; others as far distant as California and Connecticut. All agreed
that drug use, unwise sex and alienation from family were present to some
degree in their high school age population. None saw it as indicative
of the average and our conversations then turned to discussions of how
to deal with the problems.
That
is what is interesting to me. So much of the approach presented in your
program is defined as 'problem' destructive behavior by all those with
whom I recently spoke as well as those I run into in the day to day course
of events.
Yet the
undercurrent in your production as reinforced by laissez-faire attitude
of the host during those intrusive cameo appearance, seemed to be, this
is a picture of all our adolescents. Including yours. Get used to it.
I must
say that, at the showing, I was put off by the producer's preamble prior
to the screening in which he deigned to instruct us on how we were to
watch the program and what we were to take from it.
Thanks
for the opportunity to comment."
- Bruce
Posted
February 12, 2001
"I really enjoyed the program "Structures of Everyday Life." I think
it is very necessary to air this program because it gives a realistic
view to one of the many sub-cultures of American teenage life. I would
like to see this program aired again and again, because we can learn from
our children how to become better parents!"
- Matt
Posted
April 2, 2001
"I recently viewed your production Structures of Everyday Life
and thought it was brilliant. It went straight to the source and found
out what today's youth truly thought about their adolescents and growing
up. I hope it will air again soon so more young and older people can perhaps
try to understand this wonderful process of life."
- Justin
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